Five Minute Food Facts - Adaptogens

March 01, 2023 00:07:34
Five Minute Food Facts - Adaptogens
Vibrant Lives Podcast
Five Minute Food Facts - Adaptogens

Mar 01 2023 | 00:07:34

/

Hosted By

Amanda Hayes

Show Notes

Adaptogens are herbal supplements that can help the body adapt to stress and maintain balance. Adaptogens have an impressive array of health benefits from helping us conserve vitality as we age, enhancing mental performance and improving physical endurance.

Adaptogens have been used for centuries in traditional medicine and scientists are starting to understand how these precious little gems work.

Some of the most well known ones are - Ashwagandha, Panax ginseng, Rhodiola rosea, Schisandra and Cordyceps.

SIGN UP TO MY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Do you want to be better informed about some of the latest developments in health and wellbeing? 

Is that a "yes"? Sign up here (scroll to bottom of the page): https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/ 

HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE PODCAST

  • Please tell your friends about the podcast and share it with them.
  • Follow me on Instagram @vibrant_lives_podcast
  • Follow my Facebook page: @vibrantlivespodcast
  • If you could rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, that would be super helpful.
  • Check out ways you can support the podcast on my website: https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/be-involved/

REFERENCES

Todorava, V et al., Plant Adaptogens - History and Future perspectives, Nutrients, 2021, 13:2861.

Panossian, A et al., Evolution of the adaptogenic concept from traditional use to medical systems: Pharmacology and stress- and aging-related diseases, Medicinal Research Reviews, 2021, 41:630

Other Episodes

Episode

September 01, 2021 00:12:03
Episode Cover

Five Minute Food Facts - SATURATED FAT

This is the third episode of my 4 part series about dietary fats. Today I look at saturated fats including where we find them...

Listen

Episode

October 20, 2019 00:53:00
Episode Cover

This week's guest, Chris Chapman, established The Running Company, a specialist running shoe store

Today's podcast guest, Chris Chapman (AKA Chicken), established The Running Company in 2009 at Bondi Beach, Sydney. Fast forward 11 years and he now...

Listen

Episode

June 29, 2020 00:48:19
Episode Cover

Fuelling for an endurance event with sports dietitian Stephanie Gaskell

In this episode of Amanda’s Wellbeing Podcast I chat with Advanced Accredited Sport Dietician Stephanie Gaskell who is currently working on her PhD about...

Listen